With more than half of Nelson Mandela Bay’s prepaid meters either blocked or likely tampered with, the municipality’s electricity and energy department wants to install an advanced metering infrastructure system to combat rampant electricity theft.
Furious Buffalo City Metro ratepayers have teamed up to launch a legal challenge in a bid to review the city’s new credit control policy and billing system.Since June, more than 1,000 ratepayers have joined a WhatsApp group that was formed to fight the incorrect billing issues by the city.
The East London high court has found that the Buffalo City municipality’s failure to give ratepayers with a 14-day written notice before implementing the 80/20 deductions on their accounts was unlawful.